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Both male and female participants were in favour of more women in parliament, and pointed to the value of more diverse opinions than just those of ‘middle-aged white male lawyers’.
Roman Quaedvlieg was sacked on Thursday by the governor-general on the recommendation of the government.
While many soft voters didn’t think Labor deserved re-election, they were hesitant about the Liberals under Steven Marshall.
Malcolm Turnbull handled the Barnaby Joyce affair badly and his ban on ministers having sex with members of their staff is risible, according to ‘soft voters’ in focus groups.
Michael McCormack has rewarded supporters but has been cautious in making changes.
If the purpose of this bill is to prevent foreign donations from influencing elections, it manifestly does not achieve that outcome.
The government has been extraordinarily secretive when questioned in recent months about where the investigation was up to and why it was so prolonged.
How Barnaby Joyce plays things in the next few months will be relevant to Michael McCormack’s ability to run a united team.
Michael McCormack’s challenges include uniting his party behind him, making himself widely known among rural and regional voters, and forging a strong relationship with Malcolm Turnbull.
Demoralised Nationals will meet on Monday morning to replace Barnaby Joyce.
Barnaby Joyce, the larger-than-life politician, has always been a distinctive brand. But then his personal flaws and indulgences cost him all he’d worked and schemed for.
At a Nationals meeting on Monday morning, Barnaby Joyce will resign as Nationals leader and deputy prime minister, but will stay on as the member for New England.
Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce is under intense new pressure.
Barnaby Joyce has dismissed a call from the Western Australian state Nationals for him to stand down.
Sources in the Barnaby Joyce camp say there is no way he will step down before Monday’s party meeting.
The two-party vote has the Coalition trailing Labor 47-53%, compared with 48-52% a fortnight ago.
As the crisis within the Coalition deepened, Barnaby Joyce held a news conference to respond to Malcolm Turnbull’s denunciation of his personal behaviour.
Malcolm Turnbull has announced that sexual relations between ministers and their staff will be prohibited.
On Wednesday Barnaby Joyce shored up support within the Nationals to continue as leader, but on Thursday he was seriously on the back foot.
Some Liberals have been unhappy at the prospect of Barnaby Joyce being acting prime minister when Malcolm Turnbull visits the US.
Barnaby Joyce’s greatest protection in the short term remains the absence of a strong alternative.
Barry O'Sullivan has declared that Barnaby Joyce remains a big asset to the Nationals despite the sharp grassroots reaction to his affair with his former staffer.
The tenth Closing the Gap report shows only three of the seven targets are on track to be met.
George Brandis told the Senate that classical liberal values were under ‘greater challenge than at any time in my memory’.